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Wanda Chantler

Episode number: 1

Overview: The 8th series opens with a bizarre case. Roger and Josie Hartland found themselves stalked by their new home's previous owner, who claimed to be a former resident of a Nazi breeding camp, producing children for Hitler's Aryan race.

Donald MacMillan Jnr

Episode number: 2

Overview: Helen Torbet visited the Highlands every year and stayed at the same guesthouse, but over the years the son of its proprietors - Don MacMillan Junior - had developed an unhealthy obsession with her.

Alan Conner

Episode number: 3

Overview: Sandra Parkinson was a vibrant young woman filled with potential. Working in Salcombe, Devon her life was ended when she was murdered in broad daylight just a few metres from a busy beach.

Russell Causley

Episode number: 4

Overview: When Patricia Causley disappeared, her husband managed to convince police that she had walked out on her own volition. A decade later, detectives piece together what had really happened.

Wayne Doherty

Episode number: 5

Overview: Nora Trott, a much-loved member of her community, was savagely murdered. 27 years after her death, advances in DNA technology would allow police to find a suspect in her case.

Michael Brown

Episode number: 6

Overview: Michael Brown claimed to be a sensitive man, held back by the fact he was only five feet tall. His frustrations at his inability to get a job drove him to murder.

Steve Dicker

Episode number: 7

Overview: This edition examines the murder of Jean Dicker, who was battered to death with a hammer at the hands of her son, Steven.

Percy Mapleton

Episode number: 8

Overview: Percy Mapleton was looking for a way to a fast fortune, and identified Brighton bond trader Isaac Gold as his target, but a robbery on a moving train turned into tragedy. Prompted the first composite picture on a wanted poster in the UK.

Michael Peacock

Episode number: 9

Overview: In order to avoid paying for an expensive divorce while having an affair with a much younger woman, Michael Peacock planned what he thought would be the ideal murder.

Peter Moore

Episode number: 10

Overview: The eighth series of the true crime documentary concludes by examining the crimes of Peter Moore, a man who turned to murder following the death of his mother. The cinema manager was dubbed "The Man in Black" and killed 4 men.